Category Archives: British Columbia
Drug users say methadone formula switch contributed to B.C.’s opioid crisis
VANCOUVER - Drug users trying to quit heroin are gathered for a meeting in Vancouver with one mission in mind: to support each other through the struggles of a reformulated treatment drug they say has...
Sep 03, 2017
Wildfires in southeast B.C. forces evacuation of hundreds of properties
CRANBROOK, B.C. - More people are being forced from their homes in a community in southeastern B.C. this weekend due to out-of-control wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze, which started ...
Sep 03, 2017
Elephant Hill fire slowly creeps towards Highway 24
CARIBOO, B.C. - Heavy winds could push the Elephant Hill wildfire closer to Highway 24. Fire Information Officer Claire Allen says southwest winds are expected to kick up to 40 kilometres an hour this...
Sep 02, 2017
Vancouver library goes graphic, picking cartoonist as writer-in-residence
VANCOUVER - A library in British Columbia is colouring outside the lines with its writer-in-residence program and showing people that literature can be more than words on a page. Cartoonist Miriam Lib...
Sep 02, 2017
Multiple charges laid against Trail man
TRAIL, B.C. - Multple charges have been laid against a Trail man following the investigation into several incidents including the assault of an elderly man. South East District Corporal Dan Moskaluk s...
Sep 02, 2017
Evacuation order issued for properties along Highway 24
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - An evacuation order has been issued for properties along the Highway 24 Corridor due to the threat of the Elephant Hill wildfire. The TNRD says the order replaces the South of H...
Sep 02, 2017
Crown land ban in effect near Osoyoos due to wildfire
OSOYOOS, B.C. - The public is restricted from accessing Crown Land in the vicinity of the Diamond Creek wildfire as of Thursday August 31st. The fire is currently burning approximately 70 kilometres w...
Sep 01, 2017
Three dead in separate Metro Vancouver shootings just 12 hours apart
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police say a man and woman have died in what appears to be a targeted shooting in Langley, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the shootings happened just after 5:30 a...
Sep 01, 2017
B.C. First Nations occupy a second salmon farm as company raises safety concerns
PORT HARDY, B.C. - Members of two British Columbia First Nations say they have occupied a salmon farm on a small island on the province's coast, the second such protest to be held in the past week. Ch...
Sep 01, 2017
Provincial state of emergency further extended
VICTORIA, B.C. - The provincial state of emergency has been extended to September 15th. It’s the fourth time it’s been extended with previous extensions on July 19, August 4th, and August ...
Sep 01, 2017
